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Bunchofuckingoofs, or the BFGs, are an infamous hardcore punk band from Kensington Market in Toronto, Ontario who formed in November 1983 as a response to "a local war with glue huffing nazi skinheads."^[1] They ran a 24 hour a day, seven day a week boozecan from July 1983 to July 1988 at their Baldwin Street address and for another three and half years at the 26A Oxford Street warehouse til May 5, 1991 in Toronto. Spawned from this local scene were the bands 4 1/2 Reasons For Retroactive Abortion, Brutally Honest, Ded Fuck, No Identity (No I.D.), Blasphamy, Nunoyerfuckinbiziness (N.F.B.), Armed and Hammered, B. Bob's Banned, Verboten, PolitiKILL inCOREct and the singer of the present line-up for Random Killing. The band has a notorious reputation for their excessive beer drinking ^[2] and violent behaviour on and off stage as well as their followers.^[3] They are labelmates with the Dayglo Abortions on God Records and Fringe Product.^[4]

In 1985, Kierin Plunkett, the present singer and bass player for UK punk band The Restarts, spraypainted the Bunchofuckingoofs logo on the Berlin Wall and after the fall of the wall, that section of the wall was taken off to be viewed in art expositions in Basel, Switzerland and New York City. The 8, 4 meter tall pieces of the wall (measuring ten meters in length) were then to be auctioned off at Sotheby's. ^[5]

Joey Only states them as one of his first major influences after seeing them play at Punkfest in his teens. ^[6] Former bassist, Thor also played in hardcore punk band Armed and Hammered and goth band Peridition. ^[7] The BFGs can be seen in the Canadian series T. and T. where they played a street gang in the first episode. They were extras in many other T. and T. episodes and numerous other television series such as Night Heat, Captain Power, Street Legal, Friday's Curse, Knightwatch, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, My Secret Identity, Katts and Dog, War of the Worlds and Friday the 13th. They can also be seen in movies such as Millenium, Amerika, Dragon Hunt, Twin Dragon Encounters, Freakshow, Class of 1984, Apology, Short Circuit 2, Still Life, Pater Noster, Blindside and The Fly.

Founding Members

Crazy Steve Goof - vocals

formerly bass for 4.5 Reasons For Retroactive Abortion and PolitiKILL inCOREct

Scrag aka By-Te - bass
MadDog - drums
Bambi aka Jules - guitar

Members

Crazy Steve Goof - vocals
al-Qaetor - bass
Gregoose - drums
Fetus - lead guitar and back up vocals
Mike Murderio - rhythm guitar

Past members

Scrag aka By-Te - bass and back up vocals
MadDog - drums

formerly of Blibber and the Rat Crushers and presently of FingerBanger

Bambi aka Jules - guitar and back up vocals
Merrick "Scumbag" Atkinson - bass

formerly of Lummox and presently of FingerBanger

Godzilla - guitar

formerly of Elvis Manson

Cisco - Dr. Valdez - vocals on the song "Religion Made By Hypocrites"
The Tepperman Brothers - vocals on the song "Sony Walkmans"
T-Bag - guitar
Baron Wasteland - guitar

formerly of 4.5 Reasons For Retroactive Abortion and Brutally Honest

John "Yngwie Grovestien" Grove - bass and guitar

formerly of almost every punk band to ever exist in Toronto and presently AWOL

Terry Rubberstone - guitar

formerly of Groupoem

Mike Anus Jak - guitar

formerly of Dayglo Abortions, the Impaired and Karnig

Thor - bass

formerly of Armed and Hammered and Perdition

Stompin Al Miller - guitar

formerly of Living Proof and currently of FingerBanger

Steds Dead - guitar
Hardcore Dave - guitar

formerly of Armed and Hammered

Airock - guitar

formerly of Shitloads of Fuck-all and presently of the 3Tards

King Kong Goof - bass

formerly of SnapperHead, Fucknuckles and The Terrorists.US and presently of Bouncing Betties

Bones - guitar and bass

presently guitar for Fucknuckles and drums for Pallbearer

Discography

1986: Drunk - Destroyed - Demolished demo
1986: There's No Solution - So There's No Problem
1992: Carnival of Chaos and Carnage
1997: Totally Unmarketable
2000: Barrage of Battery and Brutality (God Records)

Compilations

1984: Questionable - Jonestown Records
1993: A Touch of Fringe
1993: Dead on the Road - Songs Without Keyboards
1999: Disease Control - Volume 1
1999: Kin of Kensington
2001: The International Punk 10-CD Box Set

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2007: Canuck Punk

References

External links

Official site
Bunchofuckingoofs on Myspace

[1] Montreal Mirror - Interview with Crazy Steve

[2] Exclaim Magazine - Interview with Bunchofuckingoofs

[3] Exclaim - August 2000

[4] Absolute Underground - Issue 3

[5] Bunchofuckingoofs on the Berlin Wall

[6] Straight.com - Joey Only

[7] Toronto-goth.com - Peredition

[8] Bunchofuckingoofs.com - discography

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-'''Bunchofuckingoofs''', or the BFGs, are an infamous [[hardcore punk]] band from [[Kensington Market]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] who formed in November 1983 as a response to a local war with glue huffing nazi skinheads.<ref>[http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2000/070600/cover.html Montreal Mirror - Interview with Crazy Steve]</ref> They ran a 24 hour a day, seven day a week boozecan from July 1983 to July 1988 at their Baldwin Street address and for another three and half years at the 26A Oxford Street warehouse til May 5, 1991 in Toronto. Spawned from this local scene were the bands 4 1/2 Reasons For Retroactive Abortion, Brutally Honest, Ded Fuck, No Identity (No I.D.), Blasphamy, Nunoyerfuckinbiziness (N.F.B.), [[Armed and Hammered]], B. Bob's Banned, Verboten, PolitiKILL inCOREct and the singer of the present line-up for [[Random Killing]]. The band has a notorious reputation for their excessive beer drinking <ref>[http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=9&csid2=4&fid1=1048 Exclaim Magazine - Interview with Bunchofuckingoofs]</ref> and violent behavior on and off stage as well as their followers.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=9&csid2=4&fid1=1048 Exclaim - August 2000]</ref> They are labelmates with the [[Dayglo Abortions]] on God Records and [[Fringe Product]].<ref>[http://absoluteunderground.ca/pdf/au_issue_3.pdf Absolute Underground - Issue 3]</ref>
+'''Bunchofuckingoofs''', or the BFGs, are an infamous [[hardcore punk]] band from [[Kensington Market]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] who formed in November 1983 as a response to "a local war with glue huffing nazi skinheads."<ref>[http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2000/070600/cover.html Montreal Mirror - Interview with Crazy Steve]</ref> They ran a 24 hour a day, seven day a week [[boozecan]] from July 1983 to July 1988 at their Baldwin Street address and for another three and half years at the 26A Oxford Street warehouse til May 5, 1991 in Toronto. Spawned from this local scene were the bands 4 1/2 Reasons For Retroactive Abortion, Brutally Honest, Ded Fuck, No Identity (No I.D.), Blasphamy, Nunoyerfuckinbiziness (N.F.B.), [[Armed and Hammered]], B. Bob's Banned, Verboten, PolitiKILL inCOREct and the singer of the present line-up for [[Random Killing]]. The band has a notorious reputation for their excessive beer drinking <ref>[http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=9&csid2=4&fid1=1048 Exclaim Magazine - Interview with Bunchofuckingoofs]</ref> and violent behaviour on and off stage as well as their followers.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=9&csid2=4&fid1=1048 Exclaim - August 2000]</ref> They are labelmates with the [[Dayglo Abortions]] on God Records and [[Fringe Product]].<ref>[http://absoluteunderground.ca/pdf/au_issue_3.pdf Absolute Underground - Issue 3]</ref>
 In 1985, Kierin Plunkett, the present singer and bass player for UK punk band [[The Restarts]], spraypainted the Bunchofuckingoofs logo on the Berlin Wall and after the fall of the wall, that section of the wall was taken off to be viewed in art expositions in Basel, Switzerland and New York City. The 8, 4 meter tall pieces of the wall (measuring ten meters in length) were then to be auctioned off at Sotheby's.